Kia leads world car of the year nominations

Kia products have topped the nomination list for the World
Car of the Year Awards with six nominations for its newly launched products
around the world. Motoring Journalist, Tim Barnes-Clay,
reports.

Product Offensive

Indicating Kia’s recent product offensive the WCOTY jurors
will be considering the Picanto, Stonic, Niro and Stinger models in two
different categories – World Car and World Urban Car.

Astonishing

Director and Vice Chair of the WCOTY Jury, Mike Rutherford
commented: “It is nothing short of astonishing that Kia has beaten German
giants BMW and Volkswagen into joint second place. On its own it has more
nominations than all the legendary American brands put together. That is
something nobody would have predicted a decade ago.”

Flattering

Paul Philpott, President and Chief Executive of Kia Motors
(UK) Limited said: “Although nominations guarantee nothing, it is very
flattering that our new models have received this kind of attention. We are
delighted but not flattered that our product offensive has been recognised.
We’ll be flattered if one of them wins!”

Jurors

The World Car of the Year is judged by 83 media jurors from
24 countries and contenders must be available for delivery across large parts
of the globe during the first half of 2018.